Surya Deva
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Some musings I have been having recently. At the moment I am just speculating about the possibilities as Brahman is so mysterious!
I wonder what does it mean to say Brahman is infinite consciousness? Can infinite consciousness be conscious of itself? It does not seem logically possible because there is nothing separate to be self-aware. So what does infinite consciousness really mean?
Perhaps the Jains have the best answer in how they conceive the ultimate reality as being a reality of pure knowledge, wisdom, bliss and beauty that the soul can attain to and become a siddha, and yet the siddha never loses their individuality and they continue to live on as siddhas and leave the physical world and enter a higher spiritual realm of heavenly and pure beings.
There is indiciation in the Upanishads too that the Bramajnani(knower of Brahman) does not cease to exist after knowing Brahman but rather they continue to exist. Also, it does not actually sound desirable to lose ones individuality and merge into pure and infinite consciousness, I mean what next once that happens? There is no longer a 'you' to self reference. In fact I find it impossible to imagine losing my individuality ever, even after attaining to Brahman, I still think I would continue to exist.
This has got me thinking what if Brahman is simply the pure logic of existence and is a pure state of beingness that jagat, jiva and ishvara are all situated in. What if Jagat, jiva and ishvara are all eternally existent entities? Then us jivas would never lose our individuality and the universe would forever exist and never come to an end.
Imagine if it was all just one infinite existence with infinite possibilities and infinite experiences to be had. The Jiva transmigrates constantly throughout this universe of infinite possibilities and infinite experiences, experiencing, growing, learning forever.
It is so difficult imagining there is ever any end point. Does that mean the Jiva will transmigrate forever?
I wonder what does it mean to say Brahman is infinite consciousness? Can infinite consciousness be conscious of itself? It does not seem logically possible because there is nothing separate to be self-aware. So what does infinite consciousness really mean?
Perhaps the Jains have the best answer in how they conceive the ultimate reality as being a reality of pure knowledge, wisdom, bliss and beauty that the soul can attain to and become a siddha, and yet the siddha never loses their individuality and they continue to live on as siddhas and leave the physical world and enter a higher spiritual realm of heavenly and pure beings.
There is indiciation in the Upanishads too that the Bramajnani(knower of Brahman) does not cease to exist after knowing Brahman but rather they continue to exist. Also, it does not actually sound desirable to lose ones individuality and merge into pure and infinite consciousness, I mean what next once that happens? There is no longer a 'you' to self reference. In fact I find it impossible to imagine losing my individuality ever, even after attaining to Brahman, I still think I would continue to exist.
This has got me thinking what if Brahman is simply the pure logic of existence and is a pure state of beingness that jagat, jiva and ishvara are all situated in. What if Jagat, jiva and ishvara are all eternally existent entities? Then us jivas would never lose our individuality and the universe would forever exist and never come to an end.
Imagine if it was all just one infinite existence with infinite possibilities and infinite experiences to be had. The Jiva transmigrates constantly throughout this universe of infinite possibilities and infinite experiences, experiencing, growing, learning forever.
It is so difficult imagining there is ever any end point. Does that mean the Jiva will transmigrate forever?
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